Our Company

Schionning Designs is a design and material supply company that has been working within the marine industry, in Australia and around the World, to engineer and develop luxury cruising and racing multihulls (mainly!) using the best composite solutions. Having designed catamarans for the past 20 years, Schionning Designs has grown to become one of the World's top multihull designers. Starting out as Schionning Boats, Jeff and Lorraine were among the first (if not the first) to begin thinking along the lines of a material "kit" to make building your own multihull more achievable. This has now become a very popular idea with many boatyards, designers and kit producers popping up overnight. Schionning Designs are, we believe, some of the safest, fastest, most luxurious cruising catamarans on the market today and have been for the past 20+ years. With over 400 boats on the water and cruising the world and zero design failures on record, we design catamarans you know you can trust. Read on below to find out a little more about us and what drives our commitment to excellence in multihull design.

Founded in 1988 by Jeff and Lorraine Schionning, the business has grown to not only include an in house design studio but a comprehensive Marine Supply business as well. we are represented in several countries with Agents in South Africa, UK, USA and New Zealand.

Built on the back of 45 years of hands on boat building and many thousands of ocean miles, Jeff's design portfolio is comprehensive with ranges of sailing and power catamarans for private or commercial use and for amateur or professional builders. These designs bring you the best in design, safety, performance and style and we continually update construction plans to use the best methods and materials available.

We aim to provide plans and materials of the highest possible standard with "service" being our priority both in supply and backup support to our builders. In design we aim to make your project simple and safe, and as much fun as possible and your investment a healthy return.

The Schionning Team

More information on the members of the Schionning family and their roles within the company.

Schionning Agents

The Schionning team has many agents around the globe who help us to handle design enquiries and sales with their local knowledge and multihull expertise. All of our agents have a strong background in boating and the marine industry and extensive knowledge of our designs.